Chapter 173: It Has Nothing to Do With Me
Who is it, who is it, and I want to kill them all"?
Zhu Youxiao is half really angry, and half is acting for the ministers. And it seems that the effect is still very good, at least the nobles led by Zhang Weixian are trembling and bowing their heads.
In fact, not only the nobles looked like this, even the other ministers of the court were also frightened at this time for fear of contaminating themselves, after all, Cao Jixiang's affairs were still vividly remembered by everyone.
Of course, some people are afraid of being burned, while others are worried about the stability of the court.
Who the owner behind those shops was, everyone in the court had long known, but no one said it, and a very good tacit understanding was reached. Now Zhu Youxiao looks like this, and even said cruel words that he wants to kill them all.
"Your Majesty, this is the result of Weichen's investigation, and some of them were personally said by the shopkeeper of the firm in front of others."
Zhu Youxiao took the recital that Xu Xianchun had written the night before, looked at it for a while, and said the names of more than 10 people in a row.
For these people whose names were called, they were so frightened that they fell directly to their knees. I can only lament that my life is short. At the same time, he constantly used his eyes to the people close to him, signaling to intercede for himself.
As for those who were not called, they breathed a big sigh in their hearts, and Zhang Weixian was one of them.
However, Zhang Weixian was not easy at this time, you must know that most of the dozen or so people who were called by name belonged to Xungui. If you don't help today, your own Xungui Group will be difficult to bring, and your boss will be considered to be the end. It's just that how to save this, Zhang Weixian hasn't come up with a way yet, especially when Zhu Youxiao is very angry, once he pleads, he is likely to be implicated.
As the leader of the Donglin Party, Han Yi was also deeply relieved at this time, and there was no worst result as he imagined.
As an old Jianghu who has been struggling in the court for many years, he can be said to know the situation in the capital well, and if you want to say the largest shop owner in the entire capital, that is the British public Zhang Weixian. There are dozens of shops under its name, and the wealth collected for it every year is unknown.
What's more important is that Zhang Weixian is also a powerful faction of the Zhang family, and he has been in power for many years. During his reign, he has been leading the Governor's Office of the Central Army, controlling the Beijing camp and consolidating Kyoto. In the entire Ming Dynasty, it has always had the role of fixing the sea divine needle, and even Wei Zhongxian did not dare to provoke it easily.
Glancing at Zhang Weixin, who was standing in the class with his eyes closed, Han Yi felt that this was an opportunity to make friends with him, you must know that Zhang Weixin had cooperated with the Donglin Party in the past.
It turned out that the three famous cases in the late Ming Dynasty were all related to Zhang Weixian, who had a prominent background and was in charge of the Praetorian Guard. Even Wei Zhongxian couldn't do anything to him, especially his role in the palace transfer case was very large, although Wei Zhongxian and others desperately blocked it, the British public Zhang Weixian dealt with it calmly, and even personally carried a sedan chair to take the emperor away to inherit the throne.
"Your Majesty, the facts investigated by Xu Jian are not recognized by Wei Chen.
Of course, it is a group of people who value profit and abandon righteousness, and Emperor Taizu knew what kind of person a merchant was, so he restricted and guarded against this group of merchants in many ways."
Han Yi stood up and said that although his actions were likely to cause Zhu Youxiao's shock, compared to the huge benefits, he could still bear these angers.
"You don't agree with Xu Xianchun's investigation results, in fact, I didn't approve of it at the beginning, you must know that the ministers in the court are the pillars of my country, if you collude with businessmen to fish and flesh the people, then I will die. It's just that seeing these people kneeling on the ground, I really have to believe Xu Xianchun's investigation."
Zhu Youxiao's voice was low and so loud, his teeth were gritted, and his eyes flashed with uncontrollable anger, like an enraged lion.
"This ......"?
Han Yi frowned and looked at the group of people kneeling on the ground who couldn't support the wall like mud. I just thought that this group of people would say something, at least shirk their responsibilities, and I would have something to say.
"Your Majesty, the officials protect each other, presumably Your Majesty naturally knows.
This group of businessmen actually has this kind of idea, and now everyone in the court is in high positions. The group of merchants had the idea of pulling tiger skins to make a big banner, and they said that their shops were oriented towards the industries of some nobles, while other merchants were between certain nobles, so they naturally did not dare to act rashly. Over time, the people naturally thought that these shops were really the noble industry of the DPRK and China."
Han Yi's explanation is okay, what he said was that the head was the Tao, and even the humanity of people was said.
"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged."
It didn't take long for this group of people who were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and then they reacted one by one, shouting for mercy.
"Your Majesty, as an official of the imperial court, the minister eats the food of the imperial court, where you need to open any trading house, it must be that group of businessmen who secretly seriously injured us."
These people who were named have excused themselves one by one, and even the shops that make money for themselves have already given up.
Zhang Weixian glanced at Han Yi gratefully, knowing in his heart that this group of people would not be able to die.
As for Han Yi, when he saw Zhang Weixian's gaze, he knew that he was right. It's just that I don't know if my explanation can get into the eyes of the emperor and convince him.
In fact, Zhu Youxiao himself also breathed a deep sigh of relief, after all, he never thought of really killing some officials in the DPRK from his heart. The involvement between them is too wide, basically moving one of them and pulling each other.
After listening to Han Yi's explanation, Zhu Youxiao's face leaked a look of relief, but he did have an unspeakable feeling of bitterness in his heart.
I didn't expect that Han Yi would help Zhang Weixian and the others, but he could clearly see Zhang Weixian's eyes when he was sitting on the dragon chair.
You must know that the basic situation in the DPRK is now divided into three factions, one is the Wuxun group in a neutral state, and the other two factions are the eunuch party and the Donglin party controlled by themselves are fighting in the ring, and now he has directly pushed the nobles in the neutral state to the side of the Donglin party, quite a feeling of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
After taking a look at Zhang Weixian, he knew that he had to change his strategy, and even had to win over Zhang Weixian in person, and he definitely couldn't let Wu Xun lead to the Donglin Party faction, otherwise the eunuch party under his control would definitely be a little unbearable.
And he still has an absolute advantage, after all, he is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the emperor of the Daimyo, so he is naturally much more effective than the Donglin Party.
More importantly, the Wuxun group and the entire civil official group in the court also have a deep hatred. A civil fort incident directly took all the right to speak in the court. Such a deep hatred, Zhu Youxiao didn't believe it, Wuxun Group really didn't have any idea at all.
If he throws out a bait now, so that the five-star group can really speak in the court, and even like the Yongle Dynasty, he has the right to lead the troops to fight, and he can step on the civilian group, I believe that he will definitely stand in the same array with him.
"The 11 commercial houses investigated raised grain prices and hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in an attempt to plot misdeeds. As for you, all of you will go home and think about it for three months, thinking about why this group of murderers wants to pull you out as a backer."